William Hobbs (politician)

The Hon Dr William Hobbs
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 26 April 1861 – 18 October 1880
Personal details
Born	William Hobbs 1822 Middlesex, England
Died	1890 (aged 67–68) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Nationality	English Australian
Spouse(s)	Anna Louisa Barton (d.1853 d.1914)
Relations	Edmund Barton (brother-in-law)
Occupation	Surgeon

Dr William Hobbs (1822 – 8 December 1890) was a doctor and politician in colonial Queensland.

Hobbs was born in London, England, and was one of the earliest colonists of Queensland, practised as a doctor in Brisbane, and was for a considerable period the Government medical officer. Accompanied by his aged mother, he arrived at Moreton Bay on 1 May 1849 as surgeon of the Chaseley, the second of John Dunmore Lang's migrant ships. After a brief period at Drayton on the Darling Downs, he commenced practice in Brisbane in September.

He was nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council and was a member of the first responsible government, without portfolio, under the premiership of Robert Herbert, the permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, from April 1861 to January 1862. Mr. Hobbs married Anna Louisa Barton, sister of Edmund Barton, of Sydney. He died in Brisbane on 8 December 1890 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.

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